unit 6 lesson 8 the end of the civil war - mr.nick...
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Warm Up
① DiscusstheimportanceofthefollowingCivilWarba9les:① FortSumter:
② BullRun/Manassas:
③ Shiloh:
④ HamptonRoads:
⑤ AnHetam/Sharpsburg
TheEndOftheCivilWar
TheWarDragsOnI. In1863theAmericanCivilWarwasenteringthe
thirdyearofviolencebetweennorthandsouth
II. Lincoln and the Union desired a swift end to the prolonged Civil War
III. TheCivilWarhasledtohundredsofthousandsof
deathsonbothsidesintwoshortyears
IV. LincolnwilldoanythingtoendtheCivilWarandgetthesouthtorejointheUSA
The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863 I. President Lincoln desired an end to the
conflict between north and south
II. September 22, 1862 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
III. Stated that all slaves in states that were rebelling would be free on Jan. 1 unless the southern states rejoined the Union
A. Attempting to get the slave states to rejoin the Union and end the war
IV. No southern state rejoined
V. Granted freedom to slaves that were in states controlled by the Confederacy
Emancipation Proclamation I. Lincoln’s goal was preserve the USA and force the
southern states to rejoin the USA II. The Emancipation Proclamation was an attempt to end the
Civil War quickly III. The EP freed all slaves in the Confederacy on January 1,
1863 if those states had no rejoined the union IV. The EP didn’t immediately free the slaves since Lincoln had
no control over those states V. The EP made compromise between north & south
impossible à war would end with victory & defeat
EMANCIPATIONPROCLAMATIONWORKSHEET
SOCIAL&POLITICALSIDEOFCIVILWAR
CivilWarSocialEffectsI. African-AmericantroopsfirstservedduringtheCivil
War
II. UnionandConfederategovernmentspassedconscripHonlaws(dra[)foraddiHonaltroops
A. Forcedmalesintomilitaryservicei. Confederacy=malesbetween17-50ii. Union=males20-25
III. ConscripHonlawssoonledtodra[riotsfrombothsides
A. NYCdra[riotsweretheworstinthecountryB. Irishimmigrantsfoughtbackagainstthedra[byburninglarge
partsofNYCinprotestofdra[
PoliHcalEffectsofCivilWarI. Both sides faced political problems during the Civil War
A. Union supporters in Confederacy & Confederate supporters in the Union
II. Lincoln & Davis suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus (right that you can not be held in jail without cause) to stop opposition supporters
III. Lincoln controlled news information: telegraph lines, newspapers
IV. Lincoln will use all his political power to win the war for the Union
THEENDOFTHECIVILWAR
ArmiesClashatGe9ysburg
I. ImportanceA. TurningpointofCivilWarB. SouthinvadestheUnionC. Southcrippled:Nolongeronoffensive
II. BackgroundA. UniondefeatedatFredericksburg&
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863
Pennsylvania
I. In July 1863 Lee marched his army in Pennsylvania in an attempt to end the war.
II. For three days the two armies fought
III. The Confederacy was defeated at the battle of Gettysburg
IV. The battle was the worst in the entire Civil War
A. 28,000 = C.S.A. à KIA
B. 23,000 = U.S.A. à KIA
TheImpactofGe9ysburg
I. TheUnitedStateshadneverexperiencedthelossthatitdidatGe9ysburg
A. 30%ofthesoldiersthatfoughtàdied
II. TheConfederateArmywascrippled&willneverwinanothersignificantba9le
III. Ge9ysburgistheturningpointoftheCivilWarA. ItappearedthesouthwouldwinunHlGe9ysburg&
a[erwardsitwascleartheywouldlose
The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863
I. Abraham Lincoln delivered this famous speech on November 19, 1863, to a crowd gathered at the dedication of Soldier’s National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
II. The speech changed the way Americans think à before the USA are à after the USA is
III. Made the nation believe that it is one and not just a collection of states but one united nation
III.TheGe9ysburgAddressI. ListedreasonswhyUnion
fought
II. EmphasizedideaofreunificaHon
III. AssuredpeopleUnionwouldsurvive
IV. TurnedthewartofavortheUnionArmy
Vicksburg May 2-July 9, 1863
Mississippi
I. Union leaders still wanted to split the south into two pieces
A. Anaconda Plan
B. A divided Confederacy would surrender
II. In 1863 the Union Army marched to Vicksburg, MS in an attempt to split the south
III. The Union army successfully split the south into two pieces
IV. The war is almost over à south is losing
ConfederacyWearsDown
I. ConfederateProblemsA. LowmoraleB. NosuppliesC. SoldiersdesertD. Disagreementamong
leaders
II. Thewarisallbutlost
Sherman’s March to the Sea November 15-December 20, 1864 I. By 1864 the Civil War is nearing its end
II. The south has been split in two pieces, cannot break the blockade & has lost thousands of soldiers
III. General William Sherman was given orders to ensure Confederate surrender
IV. Sherman & Union troops march from through Georgia into South Carolina and then to N.C.
V. Along the way Union soldiers destroyed everything in their path
A. TOTAL WAR
VI. Union soldiers devastated the southern states with this march
ADefeatedSouth
I. Sherman’sMarchtotheSeadevastatedthesouthA. Shermanandhismentookawaysouthernwilltofight
II. TheConfederateArmyisnearlynonexistenta[erGe9ysburg
III. Thesouthissplitintotwopiecesandthewariscomingtoanend
Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865
I. April 3, 1865 Union troops captured the Confederate capital of Richmond
II. General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate army on April 9, 1865
III. After four long years of fighting the Civil War is over
IV. Soldiers were allowed to return home
V. The south was defeated and would be forced to rejoin the union
Virginia
TheCostofWarI. TheCivilWarendedwithUnionvictoryforcingthesouthern
statestorejointheUnitedStatesII. ThewarlastedfouryearsIII. 622,000soldiersdiedasaresultoftheCivilWarIV. Thenortherneconomyprosperedduringthewarand
becamewealthyV. ThesouthernstatesweredestroyedbyShermanandthe
waritselfVI. ThenextstepforournaHonisRECONSTRUCTION
A. PumngthenaHonbacktogethera[eritwastornapart.